Vehicle wheel dolly



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L V:"/'/- Inventor E 23 Albert W. Banoe Patented May 1, 1951 VEHICLE WHEEL DOLLY Albert W. Bartoe, Monongahela, Pa., assignor of fifty per cent to Armand Hoeble, Mount Lebanon, Pa.

Application March 23, 1948, Serial No. 16,445

'2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in dollies to facilitate removal of a wheel from a motor vehicle and for replacing the wheel with a minimum of manual eflort.

An important object of the invention is to provide a vehicle wheel dolly by means of which the wheel of an automobile, truck, bus or the like may be supported during its removal from the vehicle and supported on the dolly while being moved to a place of repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dolly having a wheel supporting tray pivoted thereon and a lever attached to the tray and i by means of which the wheel may be manually raised or lowered for maneuvering the same into an aligned position with the vehicle axle while removing or replacing the wheel thereon.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings form ing part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing a vehicle wheel supported on the dolly;

FigureZisatop plan view;

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line 3'3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lifting fork;

Figure is a perspective view of the dolly frame; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the wheeled supporting trayqwith parts .broken away and shown in section.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein, for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a dolly frame which may be of square or rectangular shape and constructed of channel iron or other suitable frame members. Wheels 6 are mounted for swivel movement at the corners of the frame.

A crossbar I is suitably secured at its ends to the sides of the frame with a pair of posts 8 rising from the crossbar and having braces 9 extending from the upper portion of the posts to one of the end frame members. Bearings ID are provided "at the upper ends of the posts for receiving a pin I I extending transversely of the frame.

A lifting fork I2 is provided with rear and front transversely extending sleeves I3 and I4 suitably secured to the fork in spaced parallel relation with respect to each other, the sleeve I3 being mounted on pin II between the posts -8 for vertical pivotal movement of the fork.

The inner end of the fork is formed with a square-shaped shank I5 having a reduced squareshaped extension I6 for insertion in a complementary shaped socket I? at the front end of a handle, designated generally at I8. The handle I8 is constructed of a pair of spaced parallel bars I9 having their outer ends curved outwardly and connected to each other to form a seat 20 and which also provides an enlarged hand grip.

A trough-shaped sheet metal wheel supporting tray 2| is provided with a pair of downwardly extending apertured lugs 22 at its underside for pivotal mounting on a transverse pin 23 supported in the front sleeve I4 of the fork I2, the pin 23 extending longitudinally of the tray to support the tray transversely of the dolly frame 5.

A pair of rollers 24 are positioned transversely of the tray and formed with conical ends 25 journaled in bearings 28 suitably secured to the upper surface of the tray.

In the operation of the device, the dolly frame 5 is moved into a position under a vehicle wheel 2'! by manipulating the handle I8, a downward pressure on the rear end of the handle raising the wheel supporting tray 2| under the wheels, to thus hold the wheel while being removed from a vehicle, the wheel then being balanced on the tray by one hand of the operator or by an assistant.

The device may be used by a single person, if desired, who occupies a straddling position on handle I8 and seated on seat 20 to exert a downward pressure on the handle for raising tray 2! while the hands of the person are used to balance the wheel 21 on the tray and to guide the wheel while removing or replacing the same on the vehicle.

After the wheel has been removed, the tray 2| may be lowered onto frame 5 to relieve the operator of the weight thereof.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A vehicle wheel dolly comprising a dolly frame, a pair of posts rising from the frame, a horizontal pin supported on said posts, a fork having front and rear transverse sleeves, said rear sleeve being rockably supported on said pin,

invention, what is a trough-shaped member having a pin under 15 its bottom rockably mounted in the front sleeve of the fork for supporting a vehicle wheel, a pair of rollers journaled transversely on top of the member, and a handle at the rear end of the fork.

2. A vehicle wheel dolly comprising a dolly frame, a pair of posts rising from the-frame,

a horizontal pin supported on said posts, a fork having a rear transverse sleeve rockably supported on said pin between said posts, a wheel supporting trough-shaped member having a pair of downwardly extending ears at its ends, a pin supported in said ears, a front transverse sleeve on the fork rockably mounted on said last-named pin between said ears, and a handle at the rear end of the fork.

ALBERT W. BARTOE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,044,363 Morse et al. June 16, 1936 2,150,503 Hawkins Mar. 14, 1939 2,205,746 Judge June 25, 1940 2,345,458 Caron Mar. 28, 1944 

